Interesting. With a majority of people falling into the field of 'blue collar' whereby that means jobs which do not necessarily require extensive qualifications (although training & experience), then losing those jobs to automation is the bigger tragedy as it moves a huge amount of people out of employment which is essential for families, communities, and regions. See US rust belt, or UK coal towns.
It takes decades to recover, if recovery happens.
However. Yes, hopefully enough appreciators of the actual written word will remain in a way that cant happen with other industries.